Who Is to Blame When Spreading Behavior Cascades Into Harm? Blame Attribution Traces the Causal Chain of Actions
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published online on April 27, 2026
Abstract
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Ahead of Print.
We live in an increasingly interconnected world where people’s influence spreads through social networks and media with unprecedented speed. Yet, our knowledge about how people attribute blame in causal chains of spreading human actions is limited. We ...
We live in an increasingly interconnected world where people’s influence spreads through social networks and media with unprecedented speed. Yet, our knowledge about how people attribute blame in causal chains of spreading human actions is limited. We ...